Another cold front due in Houston late tonight

By Eric Berger |
January 14, 2009

There appears no end in sight to the chilly weather, with three cold fronts bearing down on Houston.

The first front, which bears the coldest air, should reach the Houston metro area this evening or early tomorrow.

As the front will reinforce the cold air already draped across southeast Texas, the region will face the possibility of freezing tempertatures for the next three nights.

Tonight a freeze is likely along and north of a line from Liberty to Conroe and Madisonville, according to the Houston/Galveston office of the National Weather Service.

On Thursday, as air from an Arctic front filters into the area, temperatures will struggle to reach daytime highs of 50, and an overnight freeze is expected for areas north of Interstate 10. On Friday night freezing temperatures are possible for areas north of the Houston metro area.

Forecasters say they expect moderate cold fronts to reach Houston late on Saturday and again on Monday, although they are not expected to bring air cold enough to yield freezing temperatures overnight.

The cold weather has brought an especially wintry feel to Houston after January got off to a warm start, with temperatures running 7 degrees above normal until last Sunday.

Tuesday’s overnight low of 30 degrees is the lowest temperature recorded so far this winter at Bush Intercontinental Airport, the city’s official weather monitoring station.

Long-term weather models suggest the Houston area won’t receive any precipitation until at least the middle of next week.